Initiating and Sustaining Water Sector Reforms: A SynthesisWorld Bank Publications, 1999 - 138 pages Water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource in India. India faces an increasingly urgent situation with its finite and fragile water resources being stressed and depleted while various sectoral demands are growing rapidly. 'Initiating and Sustaining Water Sector Reforms' offers detailed solutions to this complex and important concern. |
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Page xi
... approach emphasizes development of water resources and construction of new infrastructure under a top - down , supply - oriented and fragmentary framework . Water has been developed rather than managed . Furthermore , development of ...
... approach emphasizes development of water resources and construction of new infrastructure under a top - down , supply - oriented and fragmentary framework . Water has been developed rather than managed . Furthermore , development of ...
Page xii
... approach largely dominated by the government . A supply - side approach - exploiting additional water resources - has been predominantly used . This approach has resulted in major eco- nomic , social and environmental costs . In recent ...
... approach largely dominated by the government . A supply - side approach - exploiting additional water resources - has been predominantly used . This approach has resulted in major eco- nomic , social and environmental costs . In recent ...
Page xiii
... approach with minimal user involvement . In an environment , however , of increasing scarcity of water , land and financial resources that characterizes India today , the disadvantages of this approach xiii have become increasingly ...
... approach with minimal user involvement . In an environment , however , of increasing scarcity of water , land and financial resources that characterizes India today , the disadvantages of this approach xiii have become increasingly ...
Page xv
... approach entails achieving : the devolution of operations and maintenance to lower admin- istrative levels and user groups ; financial viability and sus- tainability of the service agencies ; more appropriate tech- nology and ...
... approach entails achieving : the devolution of operations and maintenance to lower admin- istrative levels and user groups ; financial viability and sus- tainability of the service agencies ; more appropriate tech- nology and ...
Page xvi
... approaches , with further exploitation of addi- tional resources where appropriate , balanced by demand management . Second , recognizing that water is an economic good with both public and private good char- acteristics , sector ...
... approaches , with further exploitation of addi- tional resources where appropriate , balanced by demand management . Second , recognizing that water is an economic good with both public and private good char- acteristics , sector ...
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